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Because every prisoner humiliated at Abu Ghraib provides the motivation and rationale for dozens of young men and women from around the world to take up the fight against the U.S. After all, this is the face of "democracy" and "freedom" -- this is the face of how America treats others.
And, quite sensibly I might add, they will choose to fight against the imposition of this barbaric "Americanism" on their own countries and culture.
The prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib is horrendous, but it also functions as a visual, easy-to-understand metaphor for how the West has treated the Arab and Islamic world for a long time.
I'm an American and since Bush came to power, I HATE US...
Is it ANY wonder they hate us?????????
